Marsh & McLennan said the center is the first of its kind for the company. The project is supported by Ireland's Department of Jobs through IDA Ireland, a government agency that promotes industrial development in the country.

“With nearly 600 employees in Ireland, Marsh & McLennan has benefited over the last four and a half decades from the skilled and global workforce in Ireland and the country's culture of advancing technology and innovation,” Marsh & McLennan President and CEO Dan Glaser said in the statement.

Marsh & McLennan has expanded the responsibilities of Chief Technology Officer David Fike, who relocated to Dublin last year, to include serving as the center's president, the company said in the statement.